Mary Quant: The mini skirt pioneer who defined 60s fashion

British fashion designer Mary Quant, credited with designing the mini skirt that helped to define the Swinging 60s, has died aged 93.

Let's take a look back at her life in pictures.

In 1955, Quant set up a shop called Bazaar just off the King's Road in London's Chelsea area, where she sold a range of clothes and accessories.

Her clothes appealed to a new generation of women who had decided they did not want to dress like their mothers.

She won a scholarship to London's prestigious Goldsmiths College, where she failed to complete her course but did meet future husband and business partner Alexander Plunket-Greene.

It was the mini skirt more than any other garment that came to epitomise the new liberated woman.

Hems had been rising since the late 1950s - but it was Quant who popularised the style and put it out into the mass market.

An era-defining haircut by iconic stylist Vidal Sassoon was named after Quant, who was one of his celebrity clients.

The cut was a geometric five-point bob, which was worn by the fashion designer and contrasted sharply with the romantic, curly look of the 1950s.

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